Syler G P, Sarvela P, Welshimer K, Anderson S L
Southeast Missouri State University, Department of Human Environmental Studies, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701, USA.
J Hum Lact. 1997 Jun;13(2):103-7. doi: 10.1177/089033449701300209.
All Missouri hospitals that offer maternity services were assessed to measure their compliance with WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI). Representatives from seventy six hospitals responded to a telephone survey relating to hospital breastfeeding practices and policies as defined by BFHI's Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. No hospital fully supported the Ten Steps. Compliance with the WHO/UNICEF criteria varied greatly. The least support was for Step I, only 28% of hospitals had a written breastfeeding policy that was communicated to all staff. The greatest support was for Step 3, 93% of hospitals had staff who informed all pregnant women of breastfeeding benefits. In order to increase breastfeeding rates and duration, administrators of hospitals that offer maternity services must increase their efforts to consistently implement the Ten Steps, to become more baby friendly, and to more fully establish a breastfeeding culture within their institutions.
对密苏里州所有提供产科服务的医院进行了评估，以衡量它们对世界卫生组织/联合国儿童基金会爱婴医院倡议（BFHI）的遵守情况。七十六家医院的代表回应了一项电话调查，该调查涉及BFHI成功母乳喂养十步骤所定义的医院母乳喂养做法和政策。没有一家医院完全支持这十步骤。对世界卫生组织/联合国儿童基金会标准的遵守情况差异很大。对第一步的支持最少，只有28%的医院有书面的母乳喂养政策并传达给了所有员工。支持率最高的是第三步，93%的医院有工作人员向所有孕妇告知母乳喂养的益处。为了提高母乳喂养率和持续时间，提供产科服务的医院管理人员必须加大力度，始终如一地实施这十步骤，变得更加爱婴，并在其机构内更全面地建立母乳喂养文化。
